Account Executive (Advertising)

This is an excellent opportunity to get your foot in the door at a local, independent, and friendly agency where you will have daily access to the agency principals and work on a variety of exciting accounts. Responsibilities • Be the communication hub between agency team members that may touch an assigned account/project • Proactively guide projects through the internal/external systems • Work with Account Director to manage and plan projects • Alert team if a project strays out of the originally set parameters • Communicate with the creative, account management and media/digital team members every step of the way • Keep detailed records of projects and share information as necessary • Ensure that agreed-upon agency workflow is followed • Bring new ideas and thinking to the table Tasks • Work closely with Account Director to add projects to and maintain the status of projects on the agency status report • Create and manage timelines • Work with account management team to manage all budgets • Manage and enforce a rigorous approvals process both internal and external • Route media contracts both internally and externally for approval • Traffic creative to external media partners • Enter and track project status through our project management tools • Be the keeper of client data and performance reporting • Attend and participate actively in all client status meetings • Set-up and run all necessary internal projects status meetings • Build presentation materials • Manage set-up for all client meeting (i.e., meeting invitations, preparation of presentation materials, call-in information, etc.) Qualifications • A minimum of 2-3 years of project management or advertising agency account service required • A self-starter who is curious • Extremely detail-oriented and organized • Excellent writing and communication skills • Cool, calm, collected and collaborative • Ability to tenaciously follow up with internal team • Proficient in MS Office applications, Adobe Acrobat Pro/Creative Suite • A working knowledge of Project Management software (Asana, Workamajig experience is a plus) To be considered for this position, please send a cover letter AND resume to the Craigslist address supplied. No relocation offered. Due to the high number of applicants we will only respond to the most qualified invited to interview.